India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is travelling to China, as the two countries look to boost economic ties.
In December, the two countries agreed to increase bilateral trade to $100bn (£66bn) by 2015, up from $60bn in 2010.
Mr Singh will also attend a summit in China that will include Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
China is India's largest trading partner. However, the two countries still share a very unbalanced trade relationship.
"India's import dependence on China has gone up significantly on critical items," said Samiran Chakraborty, regional head of research for India at Standard Chartered Bank.
"Whereas if you look at exports, India's primary export to China is only iron ore."
Mr Chakraborty says this issue could come up during the visit.
"One of the demands is to open up the Chinese markets to India. Otherwise the trade balance is very much in favour of China and working against India," he adds.
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China Conquering Markets Everywhere including in Australia
by Darius Kadivar on Tue Apr 12, 2011 06:38 AM PDTAustralian resources key to booming China (BBC Hard Talk)
China is leasing huge tracts of land in Australia to secure a vital source of iron ore and coal, in the latest sign of its formidable hunger for commodities to fuel its economic boom.
No longer satisfied with purchasing iron ore and coal from Australia's giant mining companies, Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, China is developing its own mining operations and has funded a port with a 2km long breakwater that juts out into the Indian Ocean.
The Citic-Pacific Corporation's Sino Iron project in the Pilbara region in the far north-west of Australia illustrates the scale of Beijing's ambition.
The open-cast mine - which will become fully operational later this year - promises to be the biggest magnetite iron ore mine in the world.
State-of-the-art hydraulic excavators will dig down some 200m below sea level.
Democratic India depends economically on Totalitarian China
by Darius Kadivar on Tue Apr 12, 2011 06:29 AM PDTIndia's import dependence on China has gone up significantly.
China is India's largest trading partner. However, the two countries still share a very unbalanced trade relationship.
"India's import dependence on China has gone up significantly on critical items," said Samiran Chakraborty, regional head of research for India at Standard Chartered Bank.
"Whereas if you look at exports, India's primary export to China is only iron ore."
Mr Chakraborty says this issue could come up during the visit.
"One of the demands is to open up the Chinese markets to India. Otherwise the trade balance is very much in favour of China and working against India," he adds.
Chinese Summit:Brazil: Russia, India, China and South Africa.
by Darius Kadivar on Tue Apr 12, 2011 06:27 AM PDTBrazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is travelling to China, as the two countries look to boost economic ties.
In December, the two countries agreed to increase bilateral trade to $100bn (£66bn) by 2015, up from $60bn in 2010.
Mr Singh will also attend a summit in China that will include Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
China is India's largest trading partner. However, the two countries still share a very unbalanced trade relationship.
"India's import dependence on China has gone up significantly on critical items," said Samiran Chakraborty, regional head of research for India at Standard Chartered Bank.